Posted on 04/30/2003 3:23:11 PM PDT by Jean S
Environmental activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr., on Aaron Browns CNN show last week laid the blame for the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 and the Gulf War on Ronald Reagan and his budget director David Stockman.
Kennedy said that oil companies and auto manufacturers conspired with Reagan in his first term to lower fuel efficiency standards; Reagan told Stockman to do it, and he did, said RFK Jr.
Then, Kennedy said: If we had left those [standards] in place, we would not have imported one drop of Gulf oil after 1986. We would not have had a Gulf War. Think of the possibilities. Think of the World Trade Center still standing!
In response to this startling charge, Brown posed a really tough (and nasal) question. He asked, no kidding: Are you encouraged by the way people see environmental issues, even if theyre not quite ready to act on them, or are you discouraged these days.
Gosh, surprise, he said he was discouraged.
The Shadow is a new feature at The Hill. There's lots of juicy gossip in his section.
In response to this startling charge, Brown posed a really tough (and nasal) question. He asked, no kidding: Are you encouraged by the way people see environmental issues, even if theyre not quite ready to act on them, or are you discouraged these days.
Gosh, shouldn't CNN give Brown a raise for this masterful interview technique. He will elicit just the information that the public should know about Kennedy's claim.
-In 1970, he was arrested in Hyannis, Mass., for marijuana possession; he spent 13 months on probation.
-In August 1983, he was cited for operating a boat that was inadequately equiped with safety devices and unregistered, off Cape Cod, Mass.
-In September 1983, he was charged in Rapid City, S.D., for possession of two-tenths of a gram of heroin. In February 1984, he pleaded guilty to the charge. In March 1984, he was convicted. He was given a suspended sentence.
-While married to first wife Emily, he made pregnant Mary Richardson, now his second wife.
-On May 9, 1992, he "ran over" Mary Wallace Anderson, a friend of his ex-wife, while she attempted to enter the vehicle he was driving. He is being sued for carelessness, recklessness and negligence.
What a guy! And remember...
"The Kennedys would lie even if the truth better served their purposes." -Gore Vidal
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